Course Details
Panel talk - Confidence in Competition: What You Need to Know
One hour talk with panelists Alex Lato, Denise Fenzi, Petra Ford, and Stacy Barnett
Questions include:
- What does confidence look like in competition? Are there things people assume are confidence problems but are really not?
- How can we differentiate confidence from arousal? What is the role of arousal in confidence?
- What elements of your competition environment do you need to break down and train so your dog can perform with confidence (examples)? What makes a competition environment hard?
- Withdrawals from the confidence bank when you compete - how do you maintain confidence despite competition?
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Panel talk - Feeling Fabulous: Confidence and Behavior Change
One hour talk with panelists Amy Cook Phd, Jennifer Summerfield DVM, Julie Daniels, and Sara Brueske
Questions include:
- Often we see reactive behavior as fear-based or as stemming from low confidence. Can building confidence reduce reactivity? What is the connection between confidence and behavior change?
- Medication - we generally accept it's use for behavior change; does it have a role in confidence building?
- Genetics vs Socialization/how you raise them vs exposure? How much is confidence hard wired and how much can training make a difference?
- Stress - is stress the same as lack of confidence? Stress is often considered a bad word; do we need to build in a little bit of stress by arranging antecedents to make progress? Do confident dogs still experience stress related issues?
